Committees

2011 Officers

Chair Eric McKinney	Vice-Chair Gina Emmanuel
Secretary Wendy Monday	Treasurer Brent Patrick
Southeast Regional Council - Delegate
Ed Wansing

Treasurer and Finance
Chair - Brent Patrick
The finance committee is charged with developing a strong financial infrastructure to allow the Chapter to carry out its mission and comply with all financial reporting requirements.

Membership
Chair - Kristin Morris
The Membership Committee focuses on growing and supporting a thriving and diverse membership.

Advocacy
Chair - Kim Shinn
The goal of the Public Policy Committee includes leveraging the resources and influence of the U.S. Green Building Council National Organization, the local U.S. Green Building Council Chapter, and allied organizations to educate state and local government agencies to adopt sustainable building principles, policies, and programs with a significant representation of LEED certified building projects.

Emerging Green Professionals
Chair - Ed Wansing
The Emerging Green Builders Committee aims to integrate students and young professionals into the green building movement.

Education/Programs Committee
Chair - TBD
The Education/Programs Committee schedules and staffs workshops and training events for the chapter. In addition, the committee works to grow and support membership through networking and information exchange opportunities and access to emerging technologies and concepts.

Green Homes
Mark West

http://www.greenhomeguide.org

Green Schools
Melissa Bullion Marvel

http://www.buildgreenschools.org

Marketing/PR Committee
Chair - TBD
The Marketing/PR Committee strives to provide comprehensive resources of information relating to the U.S. Green Building Council and LEED program that are easily accessible to Board Members, the General Membership, and various Media Outlets.

Resource Development Committee
Chair - Megan McInnis
The Resource Development Committee works to improve the quality of Chapter initiatives, support the Chapter, and promote the Chapter's mission by encouraging financial support from stakeholders within the sustainable design/construction industry and by collaborating with the Programs Committee to plan fund raising events. As a benefit to Sponsors, each receives recognition of their support as well as opportunities to communicate the benefits of their services or products to the Chapter membership.